Such a frustrating disappointment

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Absolutely the worst movie.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Apart from the special effects, this film was just plain ignorant. Another disaster story told through the eyes and endless shouting of a typically cliche ridden family coping with too many first world problems like what's best to drink and whether or not to go back to work. I can't remember when it was I started checking my phone for messages and emails. I think it was when we'd finished telling mum's story and then started telling dad's. You could have easily put in a commercial break and I wouldn't have noticed. Having said that, the doubt started creeping in when Coke got its product placement in with a mini sub plot all of its own. I think I must be getting tired in my old age of predictable filmmaking with long, tedious storylines, delivered by these tiresome, stereotypically impossibly perfect families - maybe that's why it's called The Impossible.

Everyone involved in making this film should be embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for having watched it.I'm watching it with my parents. We were going to watch The Life Of Brian. Has anyone got a time machine I could borrow please?

It'a grear movie! There is no lame cliches and in some part you can feel uptight but it's worth it! At some point you might predict the end but that's fine. There is no regret in it!

I know, the main focus here is the fight for survival, but I couldn't help noticing some goofs. First of all, the shake, the earthquake was not felt by the family, they were in Thailand, very close to the epicenter. That was a strong one (9.1-9.3). Second, that's not exactly how the tsunami waves work, you can watch on youtube, those giant waves, it's fantasy, in the real life is like a big flood coming from nowhere. After the tsunami, I didn't see any dead body, almost 280,000 died that day, there were bodies all over the place...